CVE-2018-6822: Purevpn

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In PureVPN 6.0.1 on macOS, HelperTool LaunchDaemon implements an unprotected XPC service that can be abused to execute system commands as root.

Affected products

• Purevpn Purevpn: before 6.0.1 (fixed in 6.0.1)

Published 2018-02-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.